Image of river rapids and a waterfall with many small elves floating down and navigating through the water and down the falls in rubber shoes and boots. "Copyright, 1895, Gray Litho. Co., N.Y."--text, bottom left of image. "The Littlechaps, while traveling one day, / Came to some falls, which filled them with dismay, / And how to pass those falls no fellow knew, ... And lo! so staunch and tight was every pair, / They shot the falls, and never wet a hair."--text, bottom center of image. Metal edging on top and bottom of print to equip it for hanging.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.44 x 35.56 cm (20 1/4 x 14 in.)
Advertising--Clothing and dress Elves--Pictorial works Footwear Rubber industry and trade Shoes--Pictorial works Waterfalls--Pictorial works Wales Goodyear Shoe Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fashion Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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